River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-17

>. FREEMAN laSJ evening, ana nau
very enjoyable session.
Messrs: johnson & Elertson have
provided themselves with new fire
and burglar proof safe.
W. II. Avery is on hand with jsut
the kind of cans the farmers must
have to raise the cream for the cream
cry.
Miss Anna Pierce returned from st.
Paul the first of the week. where she
has been for some time taking lessons
in painting.
The band as newly organized made
its debut ON the street last Monday
evening. and rendered several selec-
lions in very creditable manner.
V. Weisend's shipment this week
and prices paid were as follows: 40
dressed hogs-S5 so, , calves SO 90
80 bu. timothy seed-Sl.5 so, 400 bu. oats
-S25.
Oluff 0. Halls. at r. n. Jensen s,
has tine collection of old coins num-
boring about $50 pieces, ingeniously
arranged for exhibition. The collec.
tion makes quite an historical study.
Mr.. Wilson, representing the st.
Paul Dispatch, was in the city Tues
day looking after the interests of that
paper. The Dispatch is rapidly
coming to the front among the met
ropOlitan papers of the northwest.
The Young Peoples Society of the
NJ. E. Church will give a dime sociable
at the residence of r. n. Bevans on
Third Street Tuesday evening, Feb.
22nd. Excellent music and refresh
ments will be served. All are cordially
invited.
F. P. Barg, o. T. Barg and Curtiss
Johnson have formed a copartnership
under the firm name of Barg Bros. &
Johnson as grocers, produce and COM
mission merchants and are located in
the Boxrud block at the old stand of
johnson Bros.
The Hunt & Harrison variety troupe
| played to a small house on Monday
night, and owing to entire lack of
hearers did not raise the curtain on
Tuesday night. The troupe does not
seem to be properly organized to give
satisfaction to critical audiences, and
can hardly expect to draw, except at
places remote from large cities, where
the people have but few opportunities
Of seeing first-class performances.
Mr.. RosseI has rented his new hotel,
the Garfield house, to Mr.. II. c. Brack
EFT, of Minneapolis. IL will be opened
as soon as its appointments are COM
pleted. Mr.. Bracket has had many
years experience in railroading, and
large experience as hotel keeper, and
there Is no reason to doubt that the
house will be run in first-class style,
and be the best hotel in every respect
ever kept in River Falls.
PErERsox's MAGAZINE for March is al
ready before us-as usual, ahead of all
its contemporaries. one noticeable
thing about this ever progressive Ia
dy's-book is that it has, each month,
some new and peculiar feature. This
month it is an article on Queen Vic
toria, this being the Jubilee" or
fiftieth year of her reign. 1t has Illus
tratiOns of her in childhood, in her
coronation robes, her wedding, as she
looks now, etc.
"a severe cold, ending in hard,
dry cough, caused me TO pass many
sleepless nights, coughing until it
seemed as though my head would
burst. / told my friends that must
die. was advised to thy DR.. Seth
ArnoLd's Cough Killer. First dose
was great surprise; slept all night in
peace. 1t cured me right up. Per
suaded my friends to try it and it has
cured ereru case" Marshal III. Moody,
South Hadley, Mass. For sale by all
druggists. Price 25c. soc. and Sl.00
per bottle.
The old fremont House has been SO
overhauled by Mr.. Bates as to look
like stranger to its old patrons. On
| the Main st. front second floor two
rooms in the northwest corner are
thrown into one so as to form a suite
with the next smaller room to the
south, and the parlOr with the next
room to the north of it forms another
suite in the southwest corner. On the
south front the rooms are being ar
ranged for offices, the rooms east of
| the main hall are to be arranged to
suit Toomers, and in the extreme
northeast corner Mr.. Bates has a fine
suite of rooms for his family.
The Abbey Uncle Tom Cabin Co.
played at Opera Hall last night to a
crowded house. The company have
| a good band from which is made up an
excellent orchestra. The actors worthy
of special mention are Little Monte as
Eva, Miss Tucker as TOpsey No. l,
VIII Tucker and Luce as Marks, ST.
! and Jr. and Hartwell as Legree; the